Colours were bestowed by the king to the regiments of his army ... at Windsor that day—had won the Great War, handing back the Colours embodied their Irish defeat. The ceremony was a powerful ...

Most Irish Catholics were active in local militia units and were notable in regular ... of oppression and misgovernment.” When the Great War ended, bishops, clergy, and most of the Catholic ...

That’s according to Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell, as he addressed the Royal Irish Regiment’s annual ... the outbreak of the Second World War. But, he said, due to Christ's ...